Osian's Auction Catalogue Forty Masterpieces | March 2003

22 23 “The heavens and the earth were finished The Creator paused and surveyed His creation: He wished to name what was His masterpiece. All the worlds lay before him But he could not name what was His masterpiece. Then said the Creator, Let him whomWe made in Our image do this work for Us Thus it fell to Man to name what was His masterpiece. The Angels bowed low before this honour done to Man And a Light spread far and wide and gathered fast and quick over the entire cosmos. The chosen one is still immersed in the work entrusted to him In spite of all his strivings and efforts, out of the creation of his creator, he has not been able to name what is His masterpiece.” Any statement of authorship, attribution, provenance, origin, date, age, and condition is a statement of opinion and is not to be taken as a statement of fact. Osian’s reserves the right, in forming their opinion, to consult and rely upon any expert or authority considered by them to be reliable. 1. The term ‘signed and dated’ (S/d) and/or inscribed means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand of the artist. FORMAT for Auction Lot Caption is as follows: Lot Number ARTIST NAME [Date of Birth - Death/ Place of Birth] Title Signature & date details Medium, Date Size in centimeters [in inches] Lower & Upper Price Estimates in Indian Rupees (INR) Lower & Upper Price Estimates in US $, UK £ & EU _ (International prices are given only for Exportable Items) 2. For all art works the dimensions are given height before width in centimeters [& inches]. 3. Previous Auction Pricing Reference (PAPR) Format is as follows: Auctioneer. Place of Auction/ Day, Month & Year of Sale Lot Number Title Medium, Date Size in centimeters ASP (Actual Selling Price) in local currency / followed by $ or INR as relevant. 4. Paintings are framed unless stated otherwise. 5. Osian’s has presented, where known, condition remarks so as to help the buyer in reaching their evaluations. However these catalogue entries are not intended to fully describe the condition of the property and buyers are advised to inspect the property themselves. Osian’s is pleased to give a condition report on request. 6. Osian’s has tried to provide the best quality acid-free mounts to works wherever appropriate, and has reframed works from quality framers, wherever possible. ADRC Osian’s Archive, Research & Documentation Centre AH Art Heritage, TKS AHJ Art Heritage Journal AuC Auction Catalogue b. Born b/w Black & white BAAC Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata BAS Bombay Art Society, Bombay Bo Bonham’s & Brooks Auction House, London ca. circa Chemould Gallery Chemould, Mumbai d/s Double-sided Dept. Department ExC Exhibition Catalogue Fig. Figure HT HEART, The Tuli Foundation for Holistic Education & Art ICBS International Centre for Bengal Studies ISOA Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta LKA Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi LKC Lalit Kala Contemporary Journal, New Delhi Lon London Mum Mumbai n.p. No Pagination ND New Delhi nd Not Dated NGMA National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi Os Osian’s – Connoisseurs of Art Private Limited, Mumbai OUP Oxford University Press p page/s PAPR Previous Auction Pricing Reference S/d Signed & dated Shridharani Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi Vadehra Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi Verso Reverse c.c. centre centre c.l. centre left c.r. centre right l.c. lower centre l.c.l. lower centre left l.c.r. lower centre right l.l. lower left l.r. lower right t.c. top centre t.c.l. top centre left t.c.r. top centre right t.l. top left t.r. top right ABBREVIATIONS EXPLANATION OF CATALOGUING TERMS Masterpiece (A.R. Chughtai, 1935; reprinted in Chughtai’s Paintings. Lahore: Jahangir Book Club 1935.) a poem by A.R. Chughtai